Every year, my company doles out awards to itself. Time Inc., proud publisher of 125 magazines, recognizes its employees and titles in categories like best design, best reporting, et cetera. I suppose it would be like Disney giving itself awards for Best Animated Kiss, or General Electric for Best Turbine Adaptor. Come to think of it, they probably do.

The Luce Awards—unbeknownst to our long-dead founder Henry R. Luce—apparently has a new category: best blog. WiP so did not win.

But my colleagues over at Swampland did. Here's what our boss, managing editor Rick Stengel, wrote in a staff memo this morning:

Swampland was awarded the “Best Blog” title. During this unusual presidential primary season, all the contributors to Swampland have raised the level of intelligence, wit and analysis in the political blogosphere—all while writing and reporting their regular stories for the magazine and TIME.com. It's enlightening and amusing at the same time.

So unfair! Not only is it about politics—a slightly hotter topic than, say, the work habits of church-goers—it's written by a whole team! Of stars! In Washington! Who hang out with Hillary and Barack! Some of you WiP loyalists have noted, sweetly, that some of my recent posts have generated decent discussion. But check out this one by Swampie Karen Tumulty. She writes all of 46 words, and gets 147 comments!

At least I've got you. So I've got that going for me. Which is nice.

Every year, my company doles out awards to itself. Time Inc., proud publisher of 125 magazines, recognizes its employees and titles in categories like best design, best reporting, et cetera. I suppose it would be like Disney giving itself awards for Best Animated Kiss, or General Electric for Best Turbine Adaptor. Come to think of it, they probably do.

The Luce Awards—unbeknownst to our long-dead founder Henry R. Luce—apparently has a new category: best blog. WiP so did not win.

But my colleagues over at Swampland did. Here's what our boss, managing editor Rick Stengel, wrote in a staff memo this morning:

Swampland was awarded the “Best Blog” title. During this unusual presidential primary season, all the contributors to Swampland have raised the level of intelligence, wit and analysis in the political blogosphere—all while writing and reporting their regular stories for the magazine and TIME.com. It's enlightening and amusing at the same time.

So unfair! Not only is it about politics—a slightly hotter topic than, say, the work habits of church-goers—it's written by a whole team! Of stars! In Washington! Who hang out with Hillary and Barack! Some of you WiP loyalists have noted, sweetly, that some of my recent posts have generated decent discussion. But check out this one by Swampie Karen Tumulty. She writes all of 46 words, and gets 147 comments!

At least I've got you. So I've got that going for me. Which is nice.